NAME
Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
SYNOPSIS
sub foo :Local :ActionClass('REST') {
... do setup for HTTP method specific handlers ...
}
sub foo_GET {
... do something for GET requests ...
}
# alternatively use an Action
sub foo_PUT : Action {
... do something for PUT requests ...
}
DESCRIPTION
This Action handles doing automatic method dispatching for REST
requests. It takes a normal Catalyst action, and changes the dispatch to
append an underscore and method name. First it will try dispatching to
an action with the generated name, and failing that it will try to
dispatch to a regular method.
For example, in the synopsis above, calling GET on "/foo" would result
in the foo_GET method being dispatched.
If a method is requested that is not implemented, this action will
return a status 405 (Method Not Found). It will populate the "Allow"
header with the list of implemented request methods. You can override
this behavior by implementing a custom 405 handler like so:
sub foo_not_implemented {
... handle not implemented methods ...
}
If you do not provide an _OPTIONS subroutine, we will automatically
respond with a 200 OK. The "Allow" header will be populated with the
list of implemented request methods.
It is likely that you really want to look at Catalyst::Controller::REST,
which brings this class together with automatic Serialization of
requests and responses.
When you use this module, it adds the Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST
role to your request class.
METHODS
dispatch
This method overrides the default dispatch mechanism to the
re-dispatching mechanism described above.
SEE ALSO
You likely want to look at Catalyst::Controller::REST, which implements
a sensible set of defaults for a controller doing REST.
This class automatically adds the Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST role
to your request class. If you're writing a web application which
provides RESTful responses and still needs to accommodate web browsers,
you may prefer to use Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST::ForBrowsers
instead.
Catalyst::Action::Serialize, Catalyst::Action::Deserialize
TROUBLESHOOTING
Q: I'm getting a "415 Unsupported Media Type" error. What gives?!
A: Most likely, you haven't set Content-type equal to
"application/json", or one of the accepted return formats. You can
do this by setting it in your query accepted return formats. You can
do this by setting it in your query string thusly:
"?content-type=application%2Fjson (where %2F == / uri escaped)."
NOTE Apache will refuse %2F unless configured otherwise. Make sure
"AllowEncodedSlashes On" is in your httpd.conf file in order for
this to run smoothly.
AUTHOR
Adam Jacob , with lots of help from mst and
jrockway
Marchex, Inc. paid me while I developed this module.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Tomas Doran (t0m)
John Goulah
Christopher Laco
Daisuke Maki
Hans Dieter Pearcey
Dave Rolsky
Luke Saunders
Arthur Axel "fREW" Schmidt
J. Shirley
COPYRIGHT
Copyright the above named AUTHOR and CONTRIBUTORS
LICENSE
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.